Favicon Generator
Turn text, an emoji, or a logo into a real favicon.ico plus every PNG size your site needs.
HTML to Paste in <head>
About this tool
What this favicon generator does
It builds the small icon that shows up in a browser tab, bookmarks bar, and home-screen shortcut — from typed text or initials, an emoji, or an uploaded image — and gives you a real, working favicon.ico file (not just a renamed PNG), plus individual PNGs at every size you actually need, and the exact HTML tags to paste into your site's <head>.
Who it's for
Anyone launching a new site or web app who needs a favicon fast, without opening a design tool — a quick text-initial icon in your brand color, an emoji standing in for a logo, or your existing logo image resized and packaged correctly.
How to use it
- Pick a mode: Text (1–3 letters, choose a font, shape, and colors), Emoji (type or tap a quick-pick emoji), or Image (upload a logo or photo — it's automatically center-cropped to a square).
- Watch the live preview update at the actual sizes browsers use: 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, and 180×180 for Apple touch icons.
- Download a genuine multi-size
favicon.ico(containing the 16, 32, and 48px versions in one file, the way browsers expect), or grab individual PNGs at 32×32, 180×180, or a large 512×512 for app icons. - Copy the ready-made HTML snippet and paste it into your site's <head>, alongside the downloaded files.
Real-world use cases
- Launching a new site or landing page that just needs a quick, professional-looking tab icon before going live.
- Prototyping or internal tools where a text-initial favicon (like a colored square with your project's first letter) is faster than commissioning a logo.
- Turning an existing logo into a proper favicon set, correctly resized and packaged as an .ico plus the Apple touch icon size, instead of just uploading one oversized PNG and hoping browsers scale it well.
- Fun personal projects where an emoji favicon (a rocket, a lightbulb) adds personality without needing any design work at all.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between a real favicon.ico and just renaming a PNG to .ico?
A proper .ico file is a container that can hold multiple image sizes in one file, so the browser picks whichever fits best for the tab, bookmark, or shortcut. Just renaming a single PNG to .ico only gives you one size and can render blurry or wrong in some browsers. This tool generates a real multi-size ICO with 16, 32, and 48px versions bundled together.
Do I need all the different sizes, or is one enough?
Different places use different sizes: browser tabs typically use 16×16 or 32×32, iOS home-screen shortcuts use 180×180, and some Android/PWA setups want 512×512. Providing the right sizes avoids browsers stretching or shrinking a mismatched image and looking soft.
Where do I upload the generated files?
Put favicon.ico in your site's root folder (most browsers check /favicon.ico automatically) and the PNG files wherever your HTML references them, then paste the provided <link> tags into your page's <head>.
Can I use an emoji as my favicon?
Yes — type or tap any emoji and it renders directly onto the icon canvas. It's a quick, free way to get a distinctive favicon without any design work, popular for side projects and internal tools.
Will my uploaded image get distorted?
No — it's automatically center-cropped to a square (using the shorter side) before resizing, so proportions stay correct; it just won't include any content outside that square crop, so a very wide or tall image may lose its edges.